gA¢l-NASPAJI TO HIS SON, NIXDAHA®. 695 
My friend, ga¢i®-na*paji’s son has stolen my horse. He who is writing this tor me, 
the agent, and the other white people, know the horse. I earnestly desire, my friend, 
that you would aid me. You should have commanded them to treat him likewise. 
And then they fought; they wished to kill me. They spoke saucily to me. They 
wished me to lose my possessions. Therefore they have dene nothing but steal from 
me. All the white people (here) know about me, and how they (the Indiaus) have 
stolen from me. Therefore, my friend, I hope that you will tell this (agent) to deal 
with them as offenders. Even when one hit me and wished to kill me the agent did 
not deal with him for me. I hope that you will say to him, ‘Do deal with the offender 
for the sake of the plaintiff!” I send to tell you how I suffer from the hard treatment 
which I have endured from the Oniahas. If you do not send here (to stop it) the 
young man will always work against me by stealing my horses, etc., from me. The 
agent has made the offender restore my horse; but he has done nothing else for me. 
There is one thing which is done by the one who fights (i. e., Ta"wa®-gaxe jifga). 
When the women go for water, he usually holds them down and ravishes them; but 
the agent does not punish the offenders. This man’s brother also does it; he, too, 
ravishes them by holding them down. Though I have wished him (the agent) to deal 
with the Omaha as an offender, he has not done so. 
qGAGI’-NAXPAJI TO HIS SON, NINDAHA®. 
A¢i® akadi cf yi'ji, uq¢e’qti gi-ga. Né yi’ji, ticka™ pfiiji’qti ud‘arsi 
To the Pawnees you if, very soon return. You if, deed very bad Ihave 
reach went leaped into 
ha, Ada” uq¢e’qti wija”be ka” b¢a ha. (fi, uq¢e’qti, Tedza-¢in’ ge, ¢isan’ga 
6 there- very soon I see you I wish 6 You, very soon, Teaza-¢inge your younger 
fore : brother 
juwag¢e gi-ga, Tedza-¢in’ge, né té'di ucka™ pfaji’qti ani” né ha. Nikaci ga 
withthem return. Teaza-¢iige, you when deed very bad you took People 
went away 
ama b¢ugaqti fai ha. Wamuské uji ké'di ¢ag¢ii ka™“b¢a. Akihide 
the (pl. all have : Wheat planted’ inthe you return I wish. Attend to it 
sub.) spoken (pl.) 
wacka™ gfi-gi. Waqi"”ha cuhi yi'ji, waqi”ha uq¢e’qti gian‘ki¢é-gi, 
try return ye! Paper reaches when, paper very soon cause to be return- 
you ing to me, 
qiji"¢e méga". (Qéaka igadi¢ai aka hat e¢éba-¢ab¢i® ja” wcka®™ t‘a™ 
your elder likewise. This one agent the night thirty ‘sleep deed to ex- 
brother (sub.) ist (?) 
ingaxai, dda™ i’¢a-maji- na" ca™ca®. Ada" uq¢e’qti ¢ag¢ti ka” béa. adi? 
has made there- Tam sad usu- always. ‘There- very soon youreturn IT wish. Pawnee 
for me, fore ally fore (pl.) 
, rye , ah y vl . , , : wy, *n/ , . ws 
ana ¢a‘é¢i¢al yi'cté, uq¢e’qti u¢a gi¢ai-ga. Iwi" ¢a of¢ai-oa. 
the (pl. they have pitied even if, very soon totell be sending Totellme be ye sending 
sub.) you it back (pl.). back. 
